Effectiveness of school-based universal social, emotional, and behavioral programs: Do they enhance students' development in the area of skill, behavior, and adjustment?

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 892-909

  Sklad, Marcin ^a   Diekstra, René ^a   Ritter, Monique De ^a   Ben, Jehonathan ^a   Gravesteijn, Carolien ^b  

^a Roosevelt Academy   (Netherlands)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84867993850     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21641     Document Type: Article

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